At D23 Expo last fall, Disney Parks, Experiences, and Products Chairman Josh D’Amaro showed off concept art for several “Blue Sky” ideas. One such idea was a Villains land for Magic Kingdom.

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Imagineer Chris Beatty discussed the fan reaction to that particular concept.

“We’re dreaming every day about what could be next at Walt Disney World. We just wanted to give you a peek at some of the amazing things that could be coming. It’s changing every day. It’s exciting. I think Josh was really trying to get across that spirit of creativity, of what could be next, of innovation, of the possibility of what could be is still alive and well at Disney and Imagineering,” he told Entertainment Weekly.

“[The villains concept] got pretty good applause,” he admits. “We took note of how loud the applause was when we announced that.”

D’Amaro recently commented that the new TRON Lightcycle / Run is the “tip of the iceberg of what’s coming.”

D’Amaro points to a team of Disney Imagineers and Cast Members that are ready to continue the progress that’s being made in introducing new experiences to Walt Disney World guests in the coming years. Their perseverance, particularly seen throughout the Covid-19 pandemic seems to be just as strong when looking to the future.

“Our Imagineers, our entire team, are incredibly ambitious about the experience here and how it will continue to grow and evolve,” said D’Amaro. “You’ve seen it come to life with the 50th anniversary coming out of the pandemic and how we stood right back up and brought back all the things people love and added new things. You have seen it at EPCOT — it’s totally transforming — and that will continue to transform.”

During the most recent earnings call for The Walt Disney Company, Bob Iger also spoke about expanding the offerings at the parks.

“Lastly, we have learned that when we invest in increasing capacity —the Star Wars lands were a great example of that, Pandora was a great example of that — we can grow our business. In fact, if you look at the results when we put Pandora at Animal Kingdom, from year to year they were stunning at how many more people were visiting Animal Kingdom. I mentioned earlier in the call how we’re going to bring a version of Avatar to Disneyland. We have other opportunities as well. I’ve talked to Josh D’Amaro about this very recently, like this morning, to really look at all the great franchises in the company and see where we can invest in them into the parks to increase capacity while preserving guest satisfaction,” Iger said.

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